Atanas Matsoureff - "Drawings"

The exhibition "Drawings" by Atanas Matsoureff will present honest and tender images from his realistic but also magical world. Inspired by the simplest but most real things, his works tell stories and bear the first-born emotion born of contemplation of nature. Materials such as watercolor ink and charcoal become a conductor for the author's ideas. The delicate drawing and the open creative expression of Atanas Matsurev have the power to take the observer into a world somewhere very close to the reality, but at the same time a magically secluded, world in which each component has its most perfect form.

Atanas Matsoureff is a realistic watercolor artist, but also works in stylistics and magical realism. He was born in 1975 in the town of Bansko, graduating from a high school with a woodcarving profile, though, or perhaps because he has no academic education today, he is one of the greatest talents in watercolors worldwide. His works are present in all modern watercolors catalogs. Winner of prestigious awards in Bulgaria and abroad, and his creative biography is rich and varied. It is difficult to count his participation in exhibitions, and "Drawings" will be the 16th individual exhibition for the artist. One of the greatest contemporary Chinese artists, Jiang Zhen Li, personally invites him to take part and make a demonstration to students in a government program taking place in Architectural Reserve in Southeast China. This program is held for the seventh year and four lecturers are invited each time, the invitation to Matsoureff is an absolute precedent, as he is the first foreign artist to take part in it. Another recognition for Atanas Matsoureff is his nomination by Scottish aqua artist Angus McEwan to participate in the Fabriano Biennale in Italy, where his exhibition will be exhibited at the Museo della Carta e della Filigrana. The world's leading handmade brush maker, Rosemary & Co, puts two sets of brushes in the name of Atanas Matsoureff. Illustrator of 2 books in Canada, and his paintings are owned by private collections and galleries in Bulgaria, Spain, Turkey, Great Britain, Greece, Holland, Belgium, Canada, Norway, France, Hungary, Italy, China, Russia, Germany USA. As of today, Atanas Matsoureff lives and works in Sofia, but he also leads master classes in Europe, Asia and Russia. For his exhibition at the Nuance Gallery, the artist has prepared monochrome works inspired by his favorite stories.

Solo exhibitions: 2017 - "Terra Magica" at Bogomil Rainov Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2016 - Mirror in Papiyon Varna,

2015 - "Awakening" - Rakursi Gallery, Sofia 2013 - "On You" - Papyion Gallery, Varna 2010 - Landscapes - A & B Gallery, Sofia 2009 - "Timelessness" - Rakursi Gallery, Sofia 2008 - "Realism" - gallery - studio Nikolay Shmirgela, Sofia 2006 - "Rooms of Silence" - Gritta Gallery, Sofia 2005 - "Landscapes" - Gritta Gallery, Sofia 2005 - "13 naked" - Astris Gallery, Sofia 2004 - "My World" - Astris Gallery, Sofia 2002 - "Statements" - Astris Gallery, Sofia 2001 - "Landscapes" - Festa Gallery, Sofia 2001 - "Secrets" - Sharon Gallery, Sofia 2000 - Debut Exhibition - Festa Gallery, Sofia

Participation in group exhibitions:

2017 - The first DAWEI Grand Prix International Watercolor and the International Watercolor Masters, Jinnan, Shandong, China 2017 - guest lecturer at Seventh Chinese Watercolor (International) High-class, Liuzhou, China 2015 - "Rebis", Annual General Exhibition in "Papillon" Gallery, Varna 2015 - Charity Gala Annual Charity Pratham USA, Waldorf Astoria, New York, USA 2015 - Exhibition at the Zhoungyoung Art Museum, Guilin, China. 2015 - 18th International Fair of Arts West Lake, Hangzhou, China 2015 - "Interpretations", International Exhibition of Contemporary Art for Watercolor, China 2015 - "Watercolors masters", St. Petersburg, Russia 2014 - "Allegory" - Papyion Gallery, Varna 2014 - First Qingdao International Watercolor Salon Exhibition, China 2014 - "Drawing" - Absinthe Gallery, Sofia 2013 - Shenzhen Watercolour Biennial, China 2013 - 3e Biennale Internationale de L'Aquarelle, Saint Cyr sur Mer, France 2013 - "Sensation for a Woman" - Absinthe Gallery, Sofia 2012 - "Yes 20" - Gallery Griya, Sofia 2012 - Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA 2012 - "The Works" at Tazza Gallery, New York, USA 2011 - "Yo 20" - Grima Gallery, Sofia 2011 - 16th Revay's Art Camp, Nagykorös, Hungary 2010 - "Yes 20" - Gallery Griya, Sofia 2010 - "You will recognize them by the drawing" - Gallery Griya, Sofia 2009 - "You will recognize them on the drawing" - Gritta Gallery, Sofia 2009 - Art Center Forum, Sofia 2009 - "Small Format" - Griita Gallery, Sofia 2008 - "In front of and behind the window" - gallery Grita, Sofia 2007 - "Nikulden" - Grita Gallery, Sofia 2007 - "Formation of the emptiness" - Astris Gallery, Sofia 2006 - "Nikulden" - Gallery Grita, Sofia 2003 - "Watercolor" - Vidima Gallery, Sevlievo

Awards:

2011 - First place at an international watercolor competition, Izmir, Turkey 2013 - Best Watercolor for March, aqua contest